Amelie Nothomb News, Pictures & Buzz

The bookseller of Kinshasa: A lone fight to help DR Congo's bookworms  FRANCE 24

Premiering in Competition at Sitges, ‘A Perfect Enemy’ Gets International Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)  Variety

Kike Maíllo adapts The Enemy's Cosmetique as A Perfect Enemy  Cineuropa

Illustrator Ari Liloan reveals how her distinctive style comes from being blind in one eye  Digital Arts Online

Three French Novels You Should Read  The New York Times

Review: 'Strike Your Heart,' by Amélie Nothomb  Minneapolis Star Tribune

10 French Novels to Read Now  The New York Times

Pétronille by Amélie Nothomb review – a literary take on cinema’s Manic Pixie Dream Girl  The Guardian

Bad days at the office: the novels that turn work into a private hell  The Guardian

JK Rowling's alter ego makes longlist for €100,000 Impac award  The Guardian

Film Review: ‘Tokyo Fiancee’  Variety

'Tokyo Fiancee': Toronto Review  Hollywood Reporter

Book Review | 'Tokyo Fiancée,' by Amélie Nothomb. Translated by Alison Anderson  New York Times

Small Talk: Amélie Nothomb  Financial Times

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This is the text : The book i read is "Les Combustibles" by Amelie Nothomb. This book is very interesting. I liked it very much. The book is based on a theathre with only 3 actors: Marina, The theacher & Daniel. Even if the action takes place in only one room,the "actors" manage to create an image of the war outside and of the university. The whole book's idea is about dehumanization and about the importance of books,and the three "actors",with completely different opinions,debate the subject about using or not books for combustibles for getting some heat in their room because they were freezing. The one i liked the most was The teacher. About him is observable that he is losing the "war against dehumanization". I also liked Marina because she already considered the war lost and she came with the idea of burning the books. I loved one of the teacher's quotes : "when we will burn the books,that's when we will lose the war!" In conclusion,Amelie's book surprised me with a very original theme.

I'm currently doing an awful French uni assignment (due soon!) and have to talk about the above after having studying Layla Metssitane's theatrical version of the book 'Stupeur et Tremblements' by Amélie Nothomb. Any suggestions/opinions welcome. Thanks in advance :)

When you drink excess amounts of water, you are in a state of something. I think it begins with hydro. I'm not really sure. I remember reading it in Amélie Nothomb's 'life of hunger' and now I can't remember what it was!! Can anyone help me? thank you x It's not what it leads to, it's the desire to drink a lot of water

i need a really good website that is like spark notes but in french, its a book i have too read, but its for my pregnant teacher so she do not have to read it. So please help!!!! I beg you!!! Ok the name of the book is "Mercure" by Amélie Nothomb. Can you help now?

Hello linguists, I am in my 4th year of learning french but am very capable and am at an a-level standard! Does anyone know any good books that are originally french (in french)! I don't mind if they are literature (that would be interesting) or modern - ITS ALL COOL! Thanks in advance! Hi ephy, thanks for your help; I should have mentioned that I have already read the series! Haha! Thank you anyway! :)